 And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 3621839Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 514 pages
...slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; — He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1861 - 844 pages
...lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor-wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true -hearted, Come to visit me once more; He, the young and stroug, who cherish'd Noble longings for... | |
 | Rev. Robert Forbes - 1861 - 410 pages
...numhered, And the voices of the night, Wake the better soul that slumhered To a holy, calm delight. " Then the forms of the departed, Enter at the open door,— The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit us once more ! " It appears to us, that the source of the widespread... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 396 pages
...lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings... | |
 | 1861 - 446 pages
...him from his native land, Where first he walked when clasp'd in clay ?" And Longfellow sings : — " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come and visit me once more." Time would fail me to tell of the many apparently well-authenticated... | |
 | J C. Graham - 1861 - 134 pages
...And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight, Dance upon the parlour wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light, Dance upon the parlour wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more; He, the young and strong, who cherish'd Noble longings... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 pages
...And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings... | |
 | Lays - 1862 - 406 pages
...lighted And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlour-wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door...visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherish'd Noble longings for the strife — By the road-side fell and perish' d, Weary with the march... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...And, like phantoms grim and tall, Then the forma of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherish'd Noble longings for the strife. By the road-side fell and perish'd, Weary with the march of... | |
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